Holder for nursing bottles



Patented July 12, 1927.

TES A PATENT OFFICE.

BETTIE HYMAN, 0F RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

' HOLDER non NURSING BOTTLES.

Application filed April 23, 1926. Serial No. 104,098.

I his invention relates to a holder for nursing bottles, and has for an ob ect to pro vide means for preventing injury to the bottle when the infant releases the same from.

its grasp.

Another object consists in providing such adevice which will also afford substantial protection'to the bottle from injury caused by hitting it against articles.

A further object consists in providing certain improvements in the form, construction and arrangement, whereby the above named and other objects may effectively be at- Y tained.

It is common knowledge that an infant, when momentarily satisfied, will ordinarily drop the nursing bottle, and this frequently causes breakage.

Again, an infant will commonly move the bottle around, with jerky movements, and thereby tend to fracture it by contact with various articles.

My invention is calculated to overcome these sources of injury, as well as provide general protection to the bottle.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents an edge view of the device, different positions being shown in full and broken lines;

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation, partly broken away, showing the device partly clasped on the bottle, the latter being represented in broken lines; and

Fig. 3 represents a side elevation, at another angle, showing the device fully clasped on the bottle, the latter being represented in broken lines and partly broken away.

The nursing bottle is represented generally by 1 and may be of any conventional form, such as circular or oval in cross section.

The device which forms the subject matter of this invention consists of a flexible body member 2 that may suitably be composed of leather or the like. 'It is intended to encompass the bottle 1 and is provided with appropriate means for securing it in clasping engagement with the bottle as, for instance, a pair of flaps 3, 1, which have sockets 5, 6, fitted to engage heads 7 8, which sockets and heads constitute the well known glove fastener.

I The flexible body member 2 is lined on its inner face with a yielding, and preferably resilient, layer 9, that may composed of vulcanized rubber or analogous material.

The said layer 9 preferably extends from one edge of the body member 2 to a position spaced from the other edge, as indicated in Fig. 1, so that, when the ends of the body member 2 are lapped in fastening the same around the bottle, the layer 9 will not be' lapped. By this means the layer 9 is better able to firmly contact with the bottle throughout its circumference, and unsightly bulging of the device, at the point where the ends lap, is also avoided.

In Fig. 1 the device is shown in its clasped position in full lines, and in its unclasped position in broken lines.

The provision of the yielding lining layer 9 enables a very firm frictional clasp of the bottle to be obtained,.by drawing the body member 2 tightly around the bottle so as to compress the layer 9.

The presence of the said layer also gives the device, as a whole, a more protective nature to guard the bottle against injury from blows.

On one part of the body member 2, and preferably substantially opposite the clasps 3, 4, I provide a loop 10, which may consist of a leather strap sewed, or otherwise suit- .ably secured, to the body member.

This loop is calculated to carry a snap hook 11, or equivalent device, by which engagement may be made with a chainor other convenient support. It is intended that a short chain may be secured to the side of the infants carriage, and the snap hook 11 engaged therewith so that, if the bottle is dropped by the infant outside the carriage, it will be supported by the chain out of contact with the ground or floor.

By reason of the size and nature of the body member 2, substantial protection from blows is also afforded to the bottle, since the body member will absorb the blows itself and, by reason of its thickness, will also tend to keep the protruding top and bottom of the bottle out of contact with objects.

' It will be understood that various changes may be resorted to in the form, construction, material and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not intend to be limited to the details herein shown and described except as they may be included in the claims.

What I claim is:

1. A holder for nursing bottles comprising a flat band adapted to Wrap around a bottle and engage it by frictional contact, said band including a soft rubber lining portion no longer than the outer circumference of the bottle and. a body portion so proportioned us to overlap itself when in Wrapped position, fastening means on said body portion for reinovubly securing it. in such wrapped position, and a safety hook attuched to the body portion for securing it to a support.

neesgree 2. A holder for nursing bottles comprising a flat baud adapted to w up around a bottle and engage it by frictional contact, mild bend including :1 soft rubber lining portion for ei'igugeineut with the bottle, and a body portion so proportioned as to overlap itself when in Wrapped position, fastening means on said body portion for reinovably securing it in such Wrapped position, and 21 safety hook attached to the body portion for securing it to it support.

In testimony. that I claim the foregoing us my invention, I have signed my name this 1-lth day of April, 1926.

BETTIE HYMAN. 

